Dead Tauntauns

About
this scene:

We see here that
the Tauntauns have been attacked by something, but we don't
know what it is quite yet. This is not long after Luke has
been attacked in the wasteland by something unknown as well.
Han takes little note of what has happened here as he is too
busy worrying about Luke.

This was part of
the whole Wampa storyline that was trimmed from the film. A
tiny bit of this scene is left over in the film: we see a
dead Tauntaun on the floor, but we don't get any mention of
what happened.

Some of the photos
here are from behind the scenes, and you can see crew members
in the background.

INT MAIN HANGAR DECK - TAUNTAUN CORRAL -
NEAR ENTRANCE

DUSK

The Deck Sergeant
and several Troopers inspect the mangled remains of three
dead Tauntauns.

Some of the
hardware nearby has also been brutally pulled out of
shape. Several surviving Tauntauns shuffle nervously
nearby. Outside the light is slowly fading.